2018 in association football
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The following are the scheduled events of association football for the year 2018 throughout the world.
Events
Men's national teams
- 31 May – 10 June: 2018 ConIFA World Football Cup for non-FIFA nations in
- 4th:
- 14 June – 15 July: 2018 FIFA World Cup in
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AFC
- 22–25 March: 2018 King's Cup in
- 4th:
- 22–26 March: 2018 China Cup in
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- 4th:
- 22–27 March: 2018 International Friendship Championship in
- 1–10 June: 2018 Intercontinental Cup in
- 4th:
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- 4–15 September: 2018 SAFF Championship in
- 8 November – 15 December: 2018 AFF Championship
CAF
- 13 January – 4 February: 2018 African Nations Championship in
- 22–24 March: 2018 Four Nations Tournament in
- 4th:
UEFA
- 6 September – 20 November: 2018–19 UEFA Nations League (pool stage)
Youth
- 9–27 January: 2018 AFC U-23 Championship in
- 4th:
- 24 April – 5 May: 2018 WAFU Zone A U-20 Tournament in
- 4th:
- 4–20 May: 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in
- 2–14 July: 2018 AFF U-19 Youth Championship in
- 16–29 July: 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship in
- 19 July – 3 August: 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games (under-21) in
- 29 July – 11 August: 2018 AFF U-16 Youth Championship in
- 18 August – 2 September: 2018 Asian Games (under-23) in
- 4th:
- 20 September – 7 October: 2018 AFC U-16 Championship in
- 18 October – 4 November: 2018 AFC U-19 Championship in
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Women's
- 10–24 February: 2018 WAFU Women's Cup in
- 4th:
- 4–22 April: 2018 Copa América Femenina in
- 6–20 April: 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup in
- 18–29 April: 2018 CFU Women's Challenge Series
- Group A Winner:
- Group B Winner:
- Group C Winner:
- Group D Winner:
- Group E Winner:
- Group A Winner:
- 4–17 October 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship
- 17 November – 1 December: 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations in
- 17 November – 11 December: 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup in
- International tournaments
- 26 February – 6 March: 2018 Turkish Women’s Cup in
- 28 February – 7 March: 2018 Cyprus Women's Cup in
- 4th:
- 28 February – 7 March: 2018 Algarve Cup in
- 4th:
The final game was called off due to heavy rain and adverse weather conditions. Both The Netherlands and Sweden were awarded first place. [1][2]
- 1–7 March: 2018 SheBelieves Cup in the
- 4th:
- 26 July – 2 August: 2018 Tournament of Nations in the
- 4th:
Women's youth
- 13–31 January: 2018 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship in
- 18–28 January: 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship in
- 4th:
- 7–25 March: 2018 South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship in
- 19–22 April; 6–12 June: 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship in
- On 22 April 2018, four days into the tournament, CONCACAF announced the remainder of the championship was cancelled immediately due to security concerns caused by civil unrest in Nicaragua.[3][4] The tournament resumed on 6 June and concluded on 12 June, with the remainder of the tournament played at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, United States.
- 4th:
- 1–13 May: 2018 AFF U-16 Girls' Championship in
- 9–21 May: 2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship in
- 5–10 June: 2018 Sud Ladies Cup in
- 4th:
- 18–30 July: 2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship in
- 7–24 August: 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in
- 20 November – 13 December: 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in
News
- 27 April – The U.S. NCAA tabled (placed on hold) a proposal passed in March by its soccer rules committee, which governs both men's and women's play, that would have called for the NCAA to adopt FIFA rules regarding timekeeping, with the official time being kept on the field by the referee and stadium clocks counting up instead of down. This means that the existing timekeeping system, with the official time being maintained by a visible, downward-counting clock, will remain in place.[5]
Fixed dates for national team matches
Scheduled international matches per their International Match Calendar. Also known as FIFA International Day/Date(s).[6]
- 19–27 March
- 3–11 September
- 8–16 October
- 12–20 November
Club continental champions
Men
Women
| Region | Tournament | Defending champion | Champion | Title | Last honor |
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| CONMEBOL (South America) | 2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina | |
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| UEFA (Europe) | 2017–18 UEFA Women's Champions League | |
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5th | 2016–17 |
Domestic leagues
UEFA
AFC
CAF
CONCACAF
| Nation | Tournament | Champion | Second place | Title | Last honor |
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2018 Barbados Premier Division | ||||
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2017–18 Premier League of Belize | ||||
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2018 Verano | ||||
| 2018 Invierno | |||||
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2018 Clausura | ||||
| 2018 Apertura | |||||
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2018 Clausura | ||||
| 2018 Apertura | |||||
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2018 Clausura | ||||
| 2018 Apertura | |||||
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2017–18 National Premier League | ||||
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2018 Liga MX Clausura | Santos Laguna | Toluca | 6th | Clausura 2015 |
| 2018 Liga MX Apertura | |||||
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2018 Clausura | ||||
| 2018 Apertura | |||||
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2018 Major League Soccer season |
CONMEBOL
OFC
| Nation | Tournament | Champion | Second place | Title | Last honor |
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2018 Cook Islands Round Cup | ||||
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2018 Fiji National Football League | ||||
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2017–18 New Zealand Football Championship | Auckland City | Team Wellington | 9th | 2016–17 |
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2018 PNG National Soccer League | ||||
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2018 Solomon Islands S-League |
Domestic cups
In all tables in this section, the "last honor" refers to the champion's previous win in that specific cup competition.
AFC
- ↑ The Emperor's Cup final is traditionally held on 1 January of the next calendar year.
UEFA
CAF
| Nation | Tournament | Champion | Final score | Second place | Title | Last honor |
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2018 Angola Super Cup | |||||
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2017–18 Algerian Cup | USM Bel Abbès | JS Kabylie | 2nd | 1990–91 | |
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2017–18 Mascom Top 8 Cup | 2nd | 2011/12 | |||
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2017–18 Egypt Cup | |||||
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2018 Coupe du Trône | |||||
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2017–18 Nedbank Cup | |||||
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2018 Heroes Cup | Round Robin | — | — | ||
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2017–18 Tunisian Cup | 13th | 2016–17 |
CONCACAF
| Nation | Tournament | Champion | Second place | Title | Last honor |
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2018 Canadian Championship | Toronto FC | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 7th | 2017 |
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2017–18 Copa El Salvador | ||||
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2018 Honduran Cup | ||||
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Clausura 2018 Copa MX | Necaxa | Toluca | 4th | 1994–95 |
| Apertura 2018 Copa MX | |||||
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2018 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup | Houston Dynamo | Philadelphia Union | 1st | — |
CONMEBOL
| Nation | Tournament | Champion | Final score | Second place | Title | Last honor |
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2017–18 Copa Argentina | |||||
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2018 Copa do Brasil | |||||
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2018 Copa Chile | |||||
| 2018 Supercopa de Chile | 2nd | 2017 | ||||
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2018 Copa Colombia | |||||
| 2018 Superliga Colombiana | 1st | — | ||||
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2018 Copa Paraguay | 1st | — | |||
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2018 Supercopa Uruguaya | 1st | — | |||
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2018 Copa Venezuela |
II/III Divisions
In all tables in this section, the "last honor" refers to the champion's previous win at that specific league level.
UEFA
CONMEBOL
| Nation | Tournament | Champion | Second place | Title | Last honor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2017–18 Primera B Nacional | Aldosivi | Almagro | 1st | — |
| 2017–18 Primera B Metropolitana | Platense | Estudiantes (BA) | 2nd | 2005–06 | |
| 2017–18 Torneo Federal A | Central Córdoba (SdE) | Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) | 1st | — | |
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2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B | ||||
| 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C | |||||
| 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D | |||||
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América de Natal | 55th | 2017 | ||
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2018 Primera B de Chile | ||||
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2018 Categoría Primera B | ||||
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Segunda División de Venezuela 2018 |
CONCACAF
| Nation | Tournament | Champion | Second place | Title | Last honor |
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| 2018 League1 Ontario | |||||
| 2018 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season | |||||
| 2018 Pacific Coast Soccer League | |||||
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Torneo Clausura 2018 de Segunda División | ||||
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2018 Ascenso MX Clausura | Cafetaleros de Tapachula | Leones Negros UdeG | 1st | – |
| 2018 Ascenso MX Apertura | |||||
| 2018 Serie A Clausura | Loros UdeC | Reboceros de La Piedad | 2nd | Clausura 2015 | |
| 2018 Serie A Apertura | |||||
| 2017–18 Tercera División | |||||
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2018 United Soccer League[lower-alpha 1] | ||||
| 2018 Premier Development League[lower-alpha 1] | |||||
| 2018 National Premier Soccer League | |||||
| 2017–18 American Soccer League |
CAF
| Nation | Tournament | Champion | Second place | Title | Last honor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2017–18 Ligue 2 | MO Béjaïa | Aïn M'lila | 1st | – |
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2017–18 Egyptian Second Division | Group A – El Gouna
Group B – Nogoom El Mostakbal Group C – Haras El Hodoud |
El Minya | 2nd
1st 1st |
2008–09
– – |
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2017–18 National First Division | Highlands Park | Black Leopards | 1st | – |
AFC
| Nation | Tournament | Champion | Second place | Title | Last honor |
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2018 National Premier Leagues | ||||
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2018 China League One | ||||
| 2018 China League Two | |||||
| 2018 China Amateur Football League | |||||
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2017–18 Hong Kong First Division League | ||||
| 2017–18 Hong Kong Second Division League | |||||
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2017–18 I-League 2nd Division | ||||
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2018 Liga 2 | ||||
| 2018 Liga 3 | |||||
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2017–18 Azadegan League | Naft Masjed Soleyman | Nassaji Mazandaran | 2nd | 2013–14 |
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2018 J2 League | ||||
| 2018 J3 League | |||||
| 2018 Japan Football League | |||||
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2018 K League Challenge | ||||
| 2018 Korea National League | |||||
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2018 Malaysia Premier League | ||||
| 2018 Malaysia FAM League | |||||
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2018 MNL-2 | ||||
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2017–18 Saudi First Division | Al-Wehda | Al-Hazem | 4th | 2002–03 |
| 2017–18 Saudi Second Division | Group A – Al-Jabalain
Group B – Al-Washm |
Al-Ansar | 1st
1st |
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2018 Thai League 2 | ||||
| 2018 Thai League 3 | |||||
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2018 V.League 2 |
Women's leagues
UEFA
- ↑ Does not include Chelsea's win in the one-off FA WSL Spring Series in 2017.
AFC
| Nation | Tournament | Champion | Second place | Title | Last honor |
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2017–18 W-League | 3rd | 2016–17 | ||
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2018 Nadeshiko League Division 1 | ||||
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2018 PFF Women's League |
CONCACAF
| Nation | Tournament | Champion | Second place | Title | Last honor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2018 Liga MX Femenil Clausura | Tigres UANL | Monterrey | 1st | — |
| 2018 Liga MX Femenil Apertura | |||||
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2018 NWSL | North Carolina Courage | Portland Thorns FC | 1st[lower-alpha 1] | — |
- ↑ First title under the team's current identity. The franchise won the 2016 NWSL title as the Western New York Flash before relocating to North Carolina.
Youth
AFC
| Nation | Tournament | Champion | Final score | Second place | Title | Last honor |
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2017–18 A-League National Youth League | 1st | — |
Women's cups
UEFA
| Nation | Tournament | Champion | Final score | Second place | Title | Last honor |
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2017–18 DFB-Pokal (women) | Wolfsburg | 0–0 (3–2 p) | Bayern Munich | 5th | 2016–17 |
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2017–18 Slovenian Women's Cup[8] |
Deaths
January
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- 1 January
- Gert Brauer, 62, German footballer
- Régis Manon, 52, Gabonese footballer
- Dušan Mitošević, 68, Serbian football player
- 2 January
- Alan Deakin, 76, English footballer
- Eugène Gerards, 77, Dutch football player
- Ali Kadhim, 69, Iraqi football player
- Mike McCartney, 63, Scottish footballer
- Michael Pfeiffer, 92, German football player
- Felix Reilly, 84, Scottish footballer
- 3 January
- Darci Miguel Monteiro, 49, Brazilian footballer
- Igor Strelbin, 43, Russian footballer
- 4 January
- Peter Birdseye, 98, English footballer
- Papa Camara, 66, Guinean football player
- Joaquín Cortizo, 85, Spanish footballer
- 5 January – Antonio Valentín Angelillo, 80, Italian-Argentine football player
- 6 January – Nigel Sims, 86, English footballer
- 8 January
- Hans Aabech, 69, Danish footballer
- Juan Carlos García, 29, Honduran footballer
- Antonio Munguía, 75, Mexican footballer
- 9 January
- Tommy Lawrence, 77, Scottish footballer
- Valeri Matyunin, 57, Russian footballer
- Ted Phillips, 84, English footballer
- Kurt Thalmann, 86, Swiss footballer
- 10 January
- Pierre Grillet, 85, French footballer
- John McGlashan, 50, Scottish footballer
- Gordon Wills, 83, English footballer
- 11 January
- Raúl Antonio García, 55, Salvadoran footballer
- Takis Loukanidis, 80, Greek footballer
- Giuseppe Secchi, 86, Italian footballer
- 12 January – Leon Ritzen (nl), 78, Belgian footballer
- 13 January – Mohammed Hazzaz, 72, Moroccan footballer
- 14 January
- Anton Regh, 77, German footballer
- Cyrille Regis, 59, English footballer
- 15 January
- Carl Emil Christiansen, 80, Danish footballer
- Bogusław Cygan, 53, Polish footballer
- 16 January
- Rubén Oswaldo Díaz, 72, Argentine footballer
- Rodney Fern, 69, English footballer
- 19 January – Abdulsalam Musa, 39, Nigerian footballer
- 21 January
- Philippe Gondet, 75, French footballer
- Tsukasa Hosaka, 80, Japanese footballer
- 22 January
- Jimmy Armfield, 82, English football player
- Reinier Kreijermaat, 82, Dutch footballer
- 25 January – Keith Pring, 74, Welsh footballer
- 27 January – Göran Nicklasson, 75, Swedish footballer
- 30 January
- Azeglio Vicini, 84, Italian football player and National Team coach
- Vic Keeble, 87, English footballer
- 31 January – Hennie Hollink, 86, Dutch footballer
February
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- 2 February
- Paulo Roberto Morais Júnior, 33, Brazilian footballer
- Fábio Pereira de Azevedo, 41, Brazilian-born Togolese footballer
- 3 February – Károly Palotai, 82, Hungarian football player and referee
- 4 February – Majid Ariff, 80, Singaporean football player and coach
- 5 February – Ladislav Kačáni, 86, Slovak football player and coach
- 9 February – Liam Miller, 36, Irish footballer
- 10 February – Dick Scott, 76, English footballer
- 12 February – Mogau Tshehla, 26, South African footballer
- 13 February
- Joseph Bonnel, 79, French footballer
- Danilo Caçador, 32, Brazilian footballer
- Luis Cid, 88, Spanish football coach
- 16 February
- Hans Rinner, 54, Austrian businessman and football official
- Muhammet Yürükuslu, 26, Turkish footballer
- 17 February – Peder Persson, 79, Swedish footballer
- 18 February
- Pavel Panov, 67, Bulgarian football player and coach
- Chinedu Udoji, 28, Nigerian footballer
- 20 February
- Lucien Bouchardeau, 56, Nigerien football referee
- Georgi Markov, 46, Bulgarian footballer
- 21 February
- Chow Chee Keong, 69, Malaysian footballer
- Sergei Aleksandrov, 44, Russian footballer
- 22 February
- Billy Wilson, 71, English footballer
- Bence Lázár, 26, Hungarian footballer
- 25 February
- Tsvetan Veselinov, 70, Bulgarian footballer
- Branko Kubala, 69, Czechoslovak-born Spanish footballer
- Henri Leonetti, 81, French footballer
- 27 February – Quini, 68, Spanish footballer
- 28 February
- John Muir, 70, Scottish footballer
- Kieron Durkan, 44, English footballer
March
- 1 March – Vicente Piquer, 83, Spanish footballer and coach
- 3 March – Arthur Stewart, 76, Northern Irish footballer
- 4 March – Davide Astori, 31, Italian footballer
- 5 March
- Costakis Koutsokoumnis, 61, Cypriot football administrator
- Shaker Al-Olayan, 46, Saudi Arabian footballer
- 6 March
- Vitaliy Zub, 89, Ukrainian footballer
- Francis Piasecki, 66, French footballer
- 7 March – John Molyneux, 87, English football player
- 9 March – Ion Voinescu, 88, Romanian footballer
- 14 March – Rubén Galván 65, Argentine football player
- 16 March
- Boyukagha Hajiyev, 59, Azerbaijani footballer and manager
- Adrian Lillebekk Ovlien, 20, Norwegian footballer
- Ezequiel Orozco, 29, Mexican footballer
- 22 March – René Houseman, 64, Argentine footballer
April
- 2 April
- Elie Onana, 66, Cameroonian footballer[9]
- Paul Sinibaldi, 96, French footballer[10]
- 4 April – Ray Wilkins, 61, English football player, heart attack[11]
- 8 April
- António Barros, 68, Portuguese footballer[12]
- André Lerond, 87, French footballer[13]
- 13 April – Cesarino Cervellati, 88, Italian football player and manager[14]
May
- 15 May – Jlloyd Samuel, 37, English-Trinidadian footballer
- 18 May – Doğan Babacan, 88, Turkish referee
June
- 18 June – Walter Bahr, 91, American soccer player
References
- ↑ "Finale Algarve Cup tussen Oranjevrouwen en Zweden afgelast" (in Dutch). nu.nl. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ↑ @Algarve_Cup (7 March 2018). "UPDATE: The match between the Netherlands and Sweden has been cancelled due to heavy rain. As a result, both teams will be awarded 1st place" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ↑ "Concacaf Cancels Remainder of Concacaf Women's Under-17 Championship 2018 for Security Concerns". CONCACAF.com. The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ↑ "Tournament Suspended, Bermuda Team Safe". bernews.com. Bernews. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ↑ "Harsher illegal participation penalties approved in college soccer" (Press release). NCAA. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ↑ https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/administration/02/70/96/62/final_v2_imc2018-2024fifa_15-02163_101_en_en_neutral.pdf
- ↑ "1. SŽNL 2017/18" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia official website. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
- ↑ "Ženski pokal 2017/18" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia official website. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
- ↑ Cameroun: L’ancien Lion Indomptable Onana Eloundou Elie est mort (in French)
- ↑ Paul Sinibaldi, ancienne star du Stade de Reims, est mort (in French)
- ↑ Former England captain, Ray Wilkins, dies after heart attack aged 61
- ↑ Morreu António Barros (in Portuguese)
- ↑ André Lerond, ancien capitaine de Lyon et de l'équipe de France, est mort (in French)
- ↑ Morto Cesarino Cervellati, instancabile ala e allenatore del Bologna (in Italian)
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